{"id":338,"date":"2015-04-22T22:44:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2015-04-22T22:44:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T22:44:07","slug":"revisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"Revisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently directed to a certain author’s blog, who, possibly jumping off from Heinlein’s third rule of writing<\/a>, tells aspiring writers never to revise their work (or possibly even re-read anything they’ve written).\u00a0 Rather, he says just keep cranking out the prose and sending it out and\/or publishing it, then moving on to the next thing.<\/p>\n

Personally, the very idea of doing that horrifies me, since when I look at some of the old stuff I’ve written I can only be grateful no one else had a chance to see it until I had a chance to make it better, and figure out how I actually want the plot to function.\u00a0 But I understand that every writer is different, and no doubt many are slow, careful types who get things down pretty much the way they like the first time.\u00a0 But I can’t help but wonder if functioning this way might result in some books like the one in the old Bob and Ray skit:<\/p>\n